Difference between revisions of "Multiverbs and Complex Predicates"

Revision as of 17:40, 17 December 2009

Edited by Gautam Sengupta and Lars Hellan

This page is an attempt at assembling and classifying cross-linguistically a variety of types falling into the categories 'multiverb constructions' (mvc) and 'complex predicates' (cp).

For mvcs, salient examples include, from Bangla (Bengali):

আমি বাড়ি গিয়ে ভাত খেয়ে ঘুমাবো

“I will go home, eat rice and sleep”

ami

1SG

PN

baRi

home

N

gie
gi	e
go	CMPL
V

bhat

rice

N

khee
khe	e
eat	CMPL
V

ghumabo
ghuma	bo
sleep
V

from Ga:

and from Kistaninya (Kistane):

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 Edited by [[User:Gautam Sengupta|Gautam Sengupta]] and [[User:Lars|Lars Hellan]]
+This page is an attempt at assembling and classifying cross-linguistically a variety of types falling into the categories 'multiverb constructions' (''mvc'') and 'complex predicates' (''cp'').
-== Multi-/Serial Verb Constructions ==
+For mvcs, salient examples include, from Bangla (Bengali):
-What are multi-/serial verb constructions? Are sentences like the following serial verb constructions?
+<Phrase>10616</Phrase>
-Sally wants John to leave.
+from Ga:
-John wants PRO to leave.
+and from Kistaninya (Kistane):
-Susan is easy to please.
-Presumably, these are not mvc/svc's, at least they are not so-called in the literature. What is the justification hen of labeling the following as a serial verb construction
-<Phrase>10616</Phrase>
-which may be structurally identical to the second sentence in the previous paragraph?<BR>
-ami [PRO baRi gie] [PRO bhat khee] ghumabo